In the country of Ruth, there is a school. To the outside it is for the nobility, but secretly it trains those children who are Special to protect the country. Nei is a psychic girl imprisoned within this school, and Ian Wolf is, for several reasons, the cellist hired to play to her in a music based therapy.When Nei shows no progress, however, the scientists in charge decide that it's time for more drastic measures... meanwhile, Ian has problems of his own to deal with.

Whenever I read stories about a minority that got to suffer and kill and die "the death of dogs" - while the majority trains and expects them to do this - I feel really sick. Especially when it's about kid soldiers. Otherwise the story is very touching if more than a tad bit predictable.